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Su-57 Felon Blue 054, Russian Air Force, January 2013
General Background
The T-50/Su-57 prototype first flew on January 29, 2010 and as of March 2018 there are 10
Su-57 prototypes and were renamed Felons that year. This is Russia’s first stealth aircraft and
was designed to cope with the F-22 and F-35. The Su-57 is made from extensive use of
composite material and radar absorbing material (RAM). The original AL-41F-1 engine is under
powered and will be replaced by an Izdelie 30 which is under development. The Felon has super
maneuverability, super-cruise, thrust-vectoring nozzles. Russia ordered 76 Su-57s.
The Aircraft
Su-57 Felon Blue 054 was the 4th flyable prototype T-50-4 and the first aircraft equipped with a complete set of avionics. The aircraft completed its maiden flight on December 12, 2012. This aircraft wears a slightly different pixelated white/blue camouflage than that of the first aircraft. This scheme is supposed to make it difficult to see the aircraft from the ground or the air. An earlier Su-57 wore Bort 054 and painted with a splinter camouflage and speculation is this was the same airframe but it was repainted.
Specifications :
| First Prototype Flight: | 2010 |
| Role : | Stealth, Single-seat, Twin-engine, Multirole Fifth Generation Jet Fighter |
| Crew: | 1 pilot |
| Dimensions | |
| Length : | 65 ft 11 in (20.1 m) |
| Wingspan : | 46 ft 3 in (14.1 m) |
| Height : | 15 ft 7 in (4.74 m) |
| Weight | |
| Empty : | 39,683 lb (18,000 kg) |
| Loaded : | 55,116 lb (25,000 kg) |
| Maximum Takeoff : | 77,162 lb (35,000 kg) |
| Powerplant : | |
| Used In Initial Production: | 2 X Saturn AL-41F1 Turbofans with Thrust Vectoring 20,900 lbf (93.kN) Thrust Per Engine Dry / 33,100 lbf (147.2 nK) with Afterburner |
| Engine Under Development For Later Releases: | 2 X izdeliye 30 Turbofans with Thrust Vectoring 24,300 lbf (107.9 kN) Thrust Each Dry / 39,700 lbf (176.6 nK) with Afterburner |
| Performance | |
| Maximum Speed : | Mach 2 (1,320 mph) (2,120 km/h) @ Altitude |
| Mach 1.6 (1,060 mph) (1,710 km/h) Supercruise @ Altitude | |
| Range: | 2,200 mi (3,500 km) Subsonic / with 2 outboard fuel tanks 2,796 mi (4,500 km) |
| Service ceiling: | 66,000 ft (20,000 m) |
| Armament: | |
| Gun: | 1 X 30mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 Autocannon |
| Hardpoints: | 12 X 6 internal, 6 external |
| Missiles
Air-To-Air 4 X RVV-MD 2 X R-73 R-37M Air-To-Surface 4 X Kh-35ME, Kh-59MK2 Anti-ship 2 X Kh-35E, 31 Anti-radiation 4 X Kh-58UShKE Bombs 250, 500, 1,500 kg Guided Bombs Anti-tank “Drill 500 kg Cluster Bombs + Active Homing |